YONKERS NY-- A police officer who body-slammed an unarmed woman and broke her jaw during a medical call to a suburban restaurant last year was arrested by the FBI on Friday and charged with violating her civil rights.

Federal prosecutors said Yonkers police officer Wayne Simoes used excessive force when he grabbed the woman by the waist, hoisted her in the air and slammed her, face first, into a tile floor.
The takedown, recorded by security cameras, knocked Irma Marquez unconscious and put her in the hospital for four days.

At the time, authorities said the officer was trying to keep the woman from interfering with emergency medical technicians summoned to the restaurant to assist her niece, who had been hit in the head with a snip
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Goldwater

06-28-2008, 04:53 PM

She should've power bombed him.

Bubba Dawg

06-28-2008, 10:00 PM

Seems over the top. I don't know the details but it doesn't appear the level of force was justified.